Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Soldier Ten-Pins
Object Number:
2000.477
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Each (soldier): 6 1/8 x 2 x 7/8 in. (15.6 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm)
Container (box): 1 1/2 × 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (3.8 × 22.2 ×
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "SOLDIER/ TEN-PINS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. New York"
Description:
"Soldier Ten-Pins" table game in a box with twelve lithographed paper "British soldiers" or pins on wooden stands, three missing stands and a wood and metal gun; each soldier printed with a number on its reverse; paper covered cardboard box with an image of two British soldiers and a cannon lithographed on the cover; box cover inscribed, "SOLDIER/ TEN-PINS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. New York."
Bibliography:
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
